Boston Marathon icon Rick Hoyt passes away at 61.

Rick Hoyt, a Boston Marathon icon who was pushed in his wheelchair by his father Dick for decades, has died at the age of 61 due to complications with his respiratory system. Rick had cerebral palsy, which left him a quadriplegic, but he completed more than 1,000 races with his father, including 32 Boston Marathons. The Hoyt family has been preparing for the first Dick Hoyt Memorial road race this weekend, in honor of Rick's father who died in 2021. Plans for that event are currently on hold.